of west union



o. o. CADY. GAR COUPLING.

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c. ),GADY, or WEST. UNION, IoWA.-

Letterman No. 61,047, ma January s, 1867.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit. known that I, C@ C. CADY, of West Union, in the county ci' Fayette, and State of IowaJ have invented a new and improved Car-Coupling; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, dear, and exact dcscriptiontheroof, which willfenableI others skilled in the art to make and usc the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing-s,` forming part of this speciiication,in which- Figures `1 and 2 are side sectional views of my invention, tnkenin the line z a', iig. 3.

Figure 8,11, plan Yor top view of the same,

Similarvlettrsof reference .indicate like parts.

,This invention relates to 'a new and improved .car-coupling, of that class'vrhch are self-coupling; and it consists in having a xed-hook in' each draw-head, for the link or shackle to catch over, in connection with a link-raiser, spring, and lover, applied to each draw-head, all arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described.

' p AA represent two draw-heads, which are'securcd to their-respective cars in the usual or any proper mannen The front ends of the draw-heads are of the ordinary Baring form, and at the bottom of the frontpart of' each draw-head there lis a fixed hook, vB, for the lnkor shackle C to catch'over. In each draw-head there is what I term a 4link-raiser, D, composed of two arms, d b, tho lower arm', a, being forked or divarieated', andembracihg the hook Bein its draw-head, that'is to say,a prong being at each side of said hook.` The upper arm b is con# neeted by achan, yc, with a lever, E, on theoutcr end of the platform of the ear just over the draw-head, `The rear ends of these link-rasorsADare connected by a joint, d, with the bottom of thevdraw-head, and ou said rear parts, just in frontof tcjoints d, aspx-ing, F, presses, said springs being attached to the 'bottom plates of the draw-heads. -From the 'above description, -it will be seen that when the link C is inserted in one draw-head, and

f its inner end in thofangle-of the raiser D, tholinkwill/.be retained in nearly a horizontal postionits outer end being slightly elevated, as shown iniig. 1; and 'when the two draw-heads are brought in contact with each other,

the outer end of lthe-link will enter the other draw-head, and catch over the hook Bin said draw-head. In order.

to disconnect the two drrtw-hesidsnv either lever Eis raised or drawn upward, and the lower arm a will throw up the link C o'fromthe hook B. In case of acar being thrown frorn the track, the draw-head of the car which falls or descends will disengagc itself from the 'link 0,'as shown in hg. 2, the link in the elevated draw-head bearing against the outer end of the bottom plato thereof, which admits of the end of the link in the other drawhead passing o' from thel hook B in said draw-head.

I claim asznew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Tho txcd hooks B, inl combination with the link-raisers D, connected to lovers E, the springs F, and the link C, all arranged and applied to draw-hca ls A A, to operate in the manner, snbstantiaHyasfaad for thc 'purpose sot-forth.

, CnC. CADY. Witnesses F. Avnn'r, G. W.y Runmcx. 

